Defender Application Guard is available for Chromium Edge on the Canary branch of the preview. This is the least stable release channel so we wouldn’t advise using this as your go-to browser. The added security protection should come to the more stable Dev and Beta channels over the next couple of months. It is worth noting that the older UWP version of Microsoft Edge already had Windows Defender Application Guard, so this is Microsoft bringing the newer Chromium-based browser up to speed....

Currently available to Xbox Insider Program members, the ability has been named Xbox Skill. The new Xbox One feature allows users to control much more of the console. Cortana and Alexa will take commands. We guess each assistant will be better at some commands than the other? That’s the only reason we can see for using two voice assistants. Either way, Microsoft says an expanded range of commands are now available to gamers: “With the Xbox Skill, you can use voice commands to power your Xbox One console, adjust volume, launch games and apps, start and stop broadcasts on Mixer, capture screenshots, and more....

A Reddit user that goes by the name of hayz00s provided the details of the story. His brother tried to play a multiplayer game and found out he was one of only two people looking for a game. Compared to Steam’s statistics, around 6.000 people are playing “Infinite Warfare” during the writing of this article. That’s more than enough to find a decent online game and get your money’s worth....

Under its new policy, videos that have both been edited by an AI and could be mistaken as real. That could include replacing someone’s face, altering a speech with AI, and more. Interestingly, though, Facebook says this “does not to extend to content…that has been edited solely to omit or change the order of words”. The most notable example of this came last year with house speaker Nancy Pelosi. A clip shared widely on Facebook seemed to display her muddling and repeating words....

Users could previously send Multimedia Message Service (MMS) texts through Your Phone, but RCS builds on that functionality. It includes features like read receipts, typing indicators, high-res photos, named group chats, and much more. It is essentially bringing Android closer to Apple’s holy grail of messaging services, iMessage. Unfortunately, tapping into this functionality from your PC currently requires one of the latest Samsung devices. S20 phones are the only ones to support it so far, owing to Microsoft’s partnership with the Korean phone-maker....

Still the online repository will develop closer links to other Microsoft services. Perhaps in preparations for this, GitHub Actions were announced today. GitHub Actions give developers tools to improve their projects. By leveraging Docker code containers, developers will be able to set a schedule of events. Projects can have event triggers ranging from an introduction of new code to testing channels that trigger Actions. “GitHub Actions is your workflow: built by you, run by us,” the company explains....

Yes, Google Hangouts is finally shut, two years after the company first began to wind down the service. Google has been changing its communication app abilities in recent months, including the unification of Google Meet and Google Duo into a single service (Google Meet). Google has been promising its intentions to make Google Chat become its default texting app since earlier this year. At the time, the company said Google Hangouts on Gmail web, mobile, and Chrome extension will be automatically migrated to Chat....

Available on the Google app on Android and iOS, the tool is a new feature for Google Search. Specifically, Watchlist helps users manage what content they are viewing. When viewing content, the information below the video (Knowledge Panel) now shows a new card that displays a “Watched It?” checkmark and “Watchlist” bookmark. Furthermore, you can also see movies that are still in the cinema through a “Get Tickets” button and moves to the “Showtimes” tab....

As expected, the service will support 1080p at 60fps per second, but there are plans to scale to 4K 60fps HDR in the future. Google claims that Stadia’s users will be able to go from watching a YouTube video of a game to playing it in just five seconds. It’s joined by the announcement of the Stadia controller, which Google says will reduce input latency. It contains two additional buttons, one for easy live streaming on YouTube and another for Google Assistant functionality....

This new tab joins the previous options at the bottom of the page nestled between the Contacts tab and Fix & Manage tab. When selecting the Highlights, users can see the specific sections for Favorites and Recent. Favorites allow you to select contacts you use frequently and/or your most important contacts. You can use the search bar to locate the contact and then add them to the favorites section by selecting the option in the top-right of the screen....

It is the latter of those, Google Meet, that has taken its turn to entice users with a handy tool. Specifically, the platform is receiving noise cancellation technology that is available from today. Early reports about the feature is it’s excellent and works better than noise cancellation offered by rivals. Sure, it’s a convenient timing to launch such a stellar tool during the COVID-19 crisis and Communication App Wars. However, Google has been working on noise cancellation for Google Meet for three years....

The issue in question is an interesting one. Firstly, Google had previously rejected the bug report claiming Android was “working as intended”. Even now, the problem stemming from 2015 has only been fixed partially. In terms of what problems were exposed, researchers reported an issue with Google Chrome. As the default browser on Android, Chrome uses WebView and Custom Tabs APIs. Nightwatch Cybersecurity reports Chrome and Android apps that use these APIs can leak information about hardware and firmware version....

With that in mind, Google has announced it will increase the price of G Suite. In fairness, this will be the first ever price bump for the package. In a blog post on Wednesday, Google said it will raise the price from $5 to $6 per user per month. G Suite Business will also receive a price increase, from $10 to $12 per user per month. Enterprise Edition customers who receive the suite in bulk will not have to pay more....

The swift deployment means Android Messages for Web is now available to everyone. As we revealed last week, the app is well featured with stickers, emojis, and the ability to send/receive images. Another interesting feature is the ability to select the app to remember a PC. Android Messages for Web works across Google’s own Chrome browser, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. How to use Android Messages to text from your PC:...

1 How to Delete Your Gmail Account2 How to Close Your Google Account3 How to Recover a Deleted Google Account4 Extra: How to Change Your Default Gmail or Google Account5 Extra: How to Delete a Microsoft Account You can delete a Gmail account and keep your Google account Interestingly, those two options aren’t one and the same. You can remove Gmail without having to close your entire Google account. This can be handy if it’s an old email you don’t use anymore, for example....

1 How to Change or Disable Startup Programs Delay2 How to Enable or Disable Startup Delay via Double-Click using a .REG-file3 How to Free up RAM and Optimize Windows 10 Virtual Memory “Startupdelayinmsec” in the Windows 10 Registry If needed, you can reduce or disable the delay of of startup programs via “Regedit” in the Windows 10 registry by editing the DWORD “Startupdelayinmsec”. We show you where you can find Startupdelayinmsec to reduce or turn off the autostart programs delay comletely....

1 How to Set the Windows 10 Registry to Backup on Restart2 How to Make a Manual Registry Backup with Command Prompt Why and how often does Windows automatically save the registry? By default, a registry backup is performed in Windows 10 whenever a system restore point is created. The registry is only saved automatically via system restore points, which backs up other aspects of your system state, too. A system restore point is created in Windows 10 when an event occurs that Microsoft deems ‘significant’....

According to the company, Azure Blockchain is focused on “democratizing complex technologies and empowering anyone with an idea to build software.” Looking at Azure Blockchain Tokens, it is a service that allows developers to tokenize and share tokens. If you are unfamiliar with a token in blockchain terms, they are important and can serve as almost anything. As Microsoft puts it, “Tokenization is the mechanism that allows enterprises to take advantage of blockchain....

Due to integration with Microsoft Graph, Cortana’s reading will also be more human. It won’t robotically read out every line of text, instead skipping things like headers and footers and utilizing knowledge about user’s documents, contacts, and calendars. “With an intelligent read out of your emails, natural language interaction with Cortana and a user interface designed for people on the move, you can stay organized, on top of what matters and get back to living life outside your inbox,” said Microsoft’s Eugenie Burrage in a blog post....

1 Gender and Engagement2 Motivation to Play While it doesn’t give a big insight into sales or the health of the Xbox platform, it does provide some light on the types of people who own an Xbox. A survey of 2,000 US owners reveals the following: 42% of Xbox owners are female, and 58% male. 10% are 13-17 years old, 18% are 18-24, 28% are 25-34, 23% are 35-44, 15% are 45-55, and 6% are 55-65....